Oracle SQL*Plus has a very useful subparameter to the column parameter called NEW_VALUE. The NEW_VALUE directive allows you to store data retrieved from an Oracle table as a variable inside the ...

Oracle supports encapsulating variables, types, stored procedures, and functions into a package. When you convert Oracle packages, you need to convert: Procedures and functions - both public and ...

PL/SQL stands for Procedural Language extension of SQL. PL/SQL is a combination of SQL along with the procedural features of programming languages. It was developed by Oracle Corporation in the early ...

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using global variables in PL/SQL packages? I have created tons of packages and stored procedures, but have never used global variables.Any insight or links ...

Some Oracle SQL*Plus functionality is not working well. Where you can use an Ampersand Substitution Variable, it's not very robust SELECT &&bubba FROM dual will produce a ORA-00923 FROM Keyword not ...

There are different approaches that try to simulate variable arguments. However, since Oracle 8, there is a better method that developers often don't consider: using a simple VARRAY to wrap the ...